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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 271

Compensatory allowance is set according to the needs of the spouse to whom it is paid and the resources of the other, taking into account the situation at the time of the divorce and how it will chang…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265

Divorce has no effect on matrimonial benefits that take effect during the marriage and on gifts of present property whatever their form.Divorce automatically revokes matrimonial benefits that take eff…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-2-1

…t by this section are exercised, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, by the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the personal training account for disabled people in care in an establishment or service providing assistance through work

Article D6323-29-2

The contribution from the establishment or work-based support service mentioned in article L. 6323-36 is equal to 0.20% of the base equal to the sum of: 1° On the one hand, the fraction of guaranteed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-2-2

…tic examination of the person and a psychiatrist from the host establishment will draw up a medical certificate stating the person's mental state and confirming whether or not it is necessary to conti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…AY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-2

…n II of the same Article L. 2335-1, of an allocation at least equal to the sum of the allocations received under each of these shares by the former communes the year before the creation of the new com…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Consumer information and assistance

Article L616-2

Where applicable, it shall also inform the consumer of the steps taken to implement Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the online…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-2

…ment and of the Council of 16 April 2004, a Data Protection Committee shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures defined in the first paragraph of II of Article R. 1123-20-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the business to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To businesses that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquid…

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